LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 30, 2025 TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB826 by Parker (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced Increasing the penalty for an existing criminal offense may result in increased demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement. The impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources cannot be determined due to the lack of data to identify the number of cases that occurred in a school crossing zone. The bill would enhance the penalty for driving while intoxicated from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony if the actor was operating a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone during the time that the reduced speed limit was in effect. Local Government ImpactWhile the fiscal impact cannot be determined, increasing the penalty for an existing offense may result in increased demands upon local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement. Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, AMr
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 30, 2025
TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB826 by Parker (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB826 by Parker (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced
Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB826 by Parker (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced
SB826 by Parker (Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced
Increasing the penalty for an existing criminal offense may result in increased demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement. The impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources cannot be determined due to the lack of data to identify the number of cases that occurred in a school crossing zone.
Increasing the penalty for an existing criminal offense may result in increased demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement. The impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources cannot be determined due to the lack of data to identify the number of cases that occurred in a school crossing zone.
The bill would enhance the penalty for driving while intoxicated from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony if the actor was operating a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone during the time that the reduced speed limit was in effect.
Local Government Impact
While the fiscal impact cannot be determined, increasing the penalty for an existing offense may result in increased demands upon local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement.
Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, AMr
JMc, MGol, AMr